It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.
Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension.
American suffragist, speech "Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?" at Stockholm, Sweden Radicalism is a label that is always applied to people who are endeavoring to get freedom.
I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
Let the fame calm down first and then do something. I don't act on emotion, I don't spend on impulse.